Elasticities: A review of methods and model limitations

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 607-618

  De Kroon, Hans ^a   Van Groenendael, Jan ^b   Ehrlén, Johan ^c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Elasticity; Hypochaeris radicata; Life history theory; Loop analysis; Matrix population model; Perturbation analysis; Population growth rate; Sensitivity; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; POPULATION MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA;

EID: 0033918337     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0607:EAROMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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